Spassky Blunder Costs Him Fifth Round Chess
REYKJAVIK Iceland AP Bobby Fischer won the fifth game after a blunder by Boris Spassky and after 32 hours of play the score stood 2 1. Fischer needs 1 1/2 points to clinch the title while Spassky must keep hope with wins. The sixth game is set for Sunday afternoon.
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Spassky
Reykjavik
Iceland
Bobby Fischer
Boris Spassky
Frank Skoff
Chess Federation
Fischer
Moscow
U.S
UAW Leader to Help Campaign for McGovern
United Auto Workers President Leonard Woodcock announced a labor campaign to back George McGovern, joined by AFL-CIO leaders Jerry Wurf and Flora Smith. The team aims to mobilize over five million workers, including the UAW's 1.4 million members, though the AFL-CIO omits the Teamsters. Woodcock noted the endorsement marks a major labor move, with Meany’s council previously voting neutral.
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Detroit
George Meany
Labor Federation
Executive Council
McGovern
Nixon
Smith
Wurf
Afl-Cio
Woodcock
Ion
UAW
Teamsters
Woodcock Committee
Dollar devaluation warned by top Canadian banker
R E Harrison executive vice president and chief operating officer of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in Toronto says the U S dollar will have to be devalued again as the world finances America balance of payments deficit. He notes the dollar lacks the discipline expected of a cornerstone currency but believes the U S will get its house in order after the election and that Canada’s float should not be permanent with a pegged rate within a band.
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Canada
R.E. Harrison
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Toronto
U.S
Harrison
Mobil-State Wellaw finaled in Brooklaw field Pecos County
Mobil-State Wellaw Corp. finaled No. 3 Mobil-State as a second Tubb gas producer east of the Brooklaw discovery in Pecos County. It achieved an absolute open flow of 2.817 million cu ft per day through perforations at 3,210 to 3,218 feet after 4,500 gallons of acid, in a former oil producer with a total depth of 3,449 feet and a 1/2 inch production casing set at 3,364 feet.
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Wellaw Corp
Mobil-State
Brooklaw
Pecos County
Girvin
Lower Clearfork
H&gn
Clearfork
Hilliard Oil & Gas, Inc
Midland
McDonald
McKee Oil
McKee
Perry R. Bass
Fort Worth
Reed
Petco
Texas well tests reveal gas oil shows in Pecos County
The Texas drillers report a 9,800-foot wildcat in Pecos County gapped with gas and oil shows. At 7,620-7,645 feet, four hours of tool open yielded 1,380 feet gas and 15 feet of 34.9 gravity oil, plus 325 feet salt water. Flow pressures noted, with Devonian gas and various oil prospects in the field.
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T&stl
Fort Stockton
Jake L. Hamon
Dallas
Smith
Pecos County
H&gn Survey
Sheffield
Tax bill averages $4,500 per household spurring debate
U S tax bill averages about 4500 per household, 2000 more than a decade ago, fueling talk of a tax revolt while demand for higher government spending grows. Economists cite rising spending outpacing revenues as a root cause, with deficits near 30 billion in 1973 and total 1971-73 above 80 billion. A value added tax tops speculation if Nixon wins.
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New York
America
Congress
Tax Foundation
the Foundation
Nader plans attack on Corvair findings
Washington AP Ralph Nader vows a sweeping counterattack on a government report that cleared the 1960 through 1963 Corvair of abnormal rollover risk. He targets the panel and Transportation Department study, saying the report is a whitewash and will testify before the Senate Commerce Committee next week.
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Washington
Ralph Nader
Nader
Senate Commerce Committee
Department of Transportation
Ford Motor Co
Companies not talking orders survey shows
A survey of 100 industrial purchasing agents finds many sellers avoiding or delaying bids to stay profitable. Phase II controls, cost concerns, and a selective stance dominate, with some buyers using quotations to check prices rather than secure business. The result is a quiet expansion where bids are scarce and prices uncertain.
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John Cunniff
New York
Purchasing World’? Magazine
Jack O’connor
O’connor
The
Price Commission
O'Connor
Commission
Washington Controls
Flick Dies in German Industrial Titan’s Lake Constance Home
Friedrich Flick, heir to a farming family who became a major backer of Hitler and postwar Germany’s wealthiest man, died at 89 at his Lake Constance home. His empire generated over 2 billion yearly and included Daimler-Benz. A 1947 Nurnberg court sentenced him to seven years, but he was released in 1950. western occupiers later returned portions of coal and steel holdings. He had a serious ailment and a bronchial condition prior to death.
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Duesseldorf
Germany
Friedrich Flick
Hitler
Lake Constance
Daimler-Benz Automobile Works
Mercedes
Nuernberg
Flick
New auto anti spin system due in '73
A low cost anti brake lockup system due in 1973 is announced soon. Bendix reportedly offers a rear wheel only package under 100 dollars. The design can be installed on late model cars with minimal vehicle alterations and in short time.
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Bendix
Eagleton worries about effects of sudden fame
In Washington Senator Thomas Eagleton, a week after being named George McGovern's running mate, speaks on the stress of instant national attention. He notes Secret Service presence, new public life, impact on his children, and a nonlisted home number reportedly spread, likening it to a billboard.
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Washington
Thomas Eagleton
George McGovern
Missouri
Tom
Tom Eagleton
Secret Service
Eagleton
Senate
U.S. Senate
Terrence
Christina
Barbara Ann Smith
Eagleston
Sen
Thomas F. Eagleton
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